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Meaning of steam-engine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“[…] Lady Wentworth’s elbows were upraised to her shoulders, and then depressed, like the piston of a steam-engine; […]”
“There was a sudden loud shriek which nearly set me screaming: I’ve been found out, I’ve been discovered. But it was only the noise of the black steam-engine coming in from the heaps.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

steam-packet steam-powered steam-ship steambath Steamboat Steamboat Springs

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